Stove-truck



(No Model.)

W. H. NEEBF STOVE TRUCK- No. 558,561. Patented Apr. 21, 1896.

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\VILLIAM H. NEEB, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

STOVE-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,561, dated April21, 1896.

Application filed December 9, 1895. Serial No. 571,558. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. NEEB, of the city of Detroit, in thecounty of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in StoveTrucks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stovetrucks; and it consists in the improvementshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ofa stove-truck embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view looking atthe under side of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and Fig. 4. is adetail plan view of the upper platform.

The same letter refers to the same part in all the views.

A A are two parts of one platform, which rests upon casters I l I I. Thetwo parts A A of said platform are united by V-shaped rods G, secured tothe partA and adapted to slide lengthwise in grooves II H on the part A.

D is a leading-screw adapted to turn in a bearing E on the partA, andhaving its screwthreads engaging with the threads of a lug J upon thepart A.

L is a shaft extending from the end of the lead-screw D at an acuteangle with the hori zontal through the platform A A, and resting inbearings in a standard K upon the platform A A. The lower end of theshaft L is united to the end of the lead-screw D by a gimbal-joint F.

M is a crank on the end of the shaft L.

B B is a platform located above and parallel with the platform A A. Thetwo parts B B of said platform are united by rods Q, secured to one ofsaid parts and sliding lengthwise in apertures in the other of saidparts.

N is a leading-screw turning in a bearing upon the part B and having itsthreads engaging with a lug or nut n on the part B.

P is a crank on the end of the leadingscrew N.

C are levers pivoted at the edges and at each side of the platform partsB and A, so as to hold said parts of said platform parallel. Said leversincline toward the center of the truck.

as to hold said parts parallel. Thelevers C also incline toward thecenter of the truck.

a a a a are holes for receiving the pintles of the jointsconnecting thelevers O and O with the platform A A when it is desired to have a longerportion of said levers between the platforms B B and A A.

The operation and mode of using the abovedescribed device is as follows:The parts of the platform B B are adjusted by means of the leading-screwN until said platform is of a length suitable to the stove to be moved.If the platform B B is too high up to allow the truck to be shoved underthe stove, the parts A A of the lower platform are separated by turningthe leading-screw D by means of the crank M, thus lowering the upperplatform by moving the lower ends of the levers O C farther apart untilthe truck can just pass under the stove. After the truck has been placedunder the stove the parts A A of the lower platform are again drawntogether, thus raising the platform B B, lift ing the stove from thefloor, and causing it to rest upon the truck. After moving the stove tothe desired position it is replaced upon the floor by lowering theplatform B B, as above described, when the truck may be withdrawn fromunder the stove.

Having fullydescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

1. In a stove-truck, the combination of the platforms, B, B, and, A, A,the levers, O, and, 0, connecting said platforms said levers incliningin opposite directions, and means for drawing together and separatingthe ends of said levers, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a stove-truck the combination of the platforms, B, B, A, A, thelevers, O, 0, connecting said platforms, said levers inclining inopposite directions, the platform, A, A, being divided into two parts,A, A, the le vers, 0, being on one of said parts and the levers, O, onthe other of said parts, and means for adjusting the distance apart ofthe parts of the platform, A, A, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a stove-truck, the combination of the platforms, B, B, A, A, thelovers, C, and C,

connecting said platforms, said levers inclining in opposite directions,the platform A, A, being divided into two parts, A, and A, the levers,0, being on one of said parts and the levers, C, on the other of saidparts, a leading-screw connecting the parts, A, and A, of the platform,A A, and the upwardly-inclined shaft, L, connected with saidleading-screw by a gimbal-joint, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

4. In a stove-truck the combination of the platforms, B, B, A, A, thelevers, O, and, 0,

connecting said platforms, said levers inclining in opposite directions,the platform B, B, being divided into two parts, B, and B, the levers,0, being on one of said parts and the levers, C, on the other of saidparts, and means for adj usting the distance apart of the parts, 13, andB, of the platform, 13, B, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM H. NEEB. Witnesses JOSIAH B. FRos'r, ELLIOTT J. STODDARD.

